What writing means to me...

I first discovered the joys of writing when I was in 2nd grade. I won a writing contest and got to meet the author Marc Brown, the author of the "Arthur" series. For me, that day showed me where writing could get you. I craved it.
Now, as a Public Relations major writing is my future. It is essential in the PR field to sharpen your writing skills and to be able to communicate clearly. My writing now has to be concise, to the point. I must be able to grab the publics' attention through my words. The past years at Marquette have helped me refine my writing, and have taught me what kind of writing is necessary to succeed in PR. Writing is the key to my future, so it essential that I continue to develop my writing. Not only is writing a passion of mine, it is now going to help me find a career in the future.

What Writing Means to Me

Writing, to me, is a bridge of communication between myself and the world. The beauty of it, is that writing can be expressed through many different venues: songs, poems, letters, stories, articles, and now with new technology e-mails and faxes. But despite each different approach, you are sharing a part of yourself- what you know, how you feel, your inner-most thoughts, or even just information with the world. Writing provides us with an opportunity to communicate to others in such a way that we can show just that much more of who we are. That makes it rare and valuable.

Writing, to me, is a possibility.

Writing

Even though many people dread the thought of having to sit down and write a paper or create a story of their own, it has always been something that I have enjoyed doing. I think writing is one of the best ways one can express themselves. It allows you to be creative and be able to share that creativity with others. When I was young, I would spend hours writing short stories. I never wrote them intending to share the stories but I just enjoyed sitting down and being able to write what I was thinking about. Now I look back at these stories and realize that they really don't make sense, but it was something that I enjoyed at the time. Even today, I don't seem to mind writing a paper for school or spending time reading on my own. I think that much of our knowledge comes from our ability to express ourselves through writing and being able to read what others share with us.

What Writing Means to Me

Writing to me is a way of self expression and personal identification. To be unique is to follow your own intuitions and thoughts and not those of others. I feel like sometimes to be unique is hard when surrounded with peers, yet, writing will ALWAYS allow you to be you. Writing is a way to express ones personal thoughts and ideas and can be often times an inside look into how someone really thinks, acts, or feels. So, to me, writing helps me better express myself in ways that it is hard to otherwise do verbally to peers or family.

Writing to me is also a way of proving to myself what I am able to accomplish. Over the years, numerous papers have been assigned some easy, but many with hard topics that needed research, drafting, editing, and more editing. But, to me this is a fun challenge to go through with whatever paper it may be. It helps me prove to a teacher, a friend, or myself how well i can write and edit my own work and put ideas together into one.

Writing to me is both self identification and a way to challenge my knowledge and writing skills but ultimately writing is what makes me, me.